Dreaming of your next ski or snowboard vacation? Check out this amazing off-grid cabin on Vancouver Island! Designed by local architecture firm, <a href="http://www.scottandscott.ca/" target="_blank">Scott and Scott Architects</a>, this <a href="http://scottandscott.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">snowboard cabin</a> was built as a winter vacation retreat in a remote location. Totally <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/off-grid" target="_blank">off-grid</a> and without electricity, the rustic cabin was built with locally-sourced lumber and it's heated with a wood stove.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

Vancouver architects <a href="http://www.scottandscott.ca/" target="_blank">Susan and David Scot</a>t set off to start their own practice and the first project they wanted to work on was their own.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

They designed and built a snowboard cabin located in an alpine environment on the north end of Vancouver Island.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

The area is very remote and during the summer for 5 months of the year it is accessed via a gravel road, but in the winter it is snowed in.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

Bringing gear and supplies in during the winter requires hauling things in on a toboggan.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

The Scotts had the help of friends and family to build the home themselves using locally-sourced lumber.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

The inspiration for the design came from both the surrounding landscape as well as the activities they wanted to partake in - namely snowboarding.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

Elevated above the earth to keep it from getting buried, the cabin sits on stilts and enjoys the surrounding wooded landscape. Douglas Fir columns were used as the main columns to support the home and rough sawn fir lumber planed fir were used for the interior finish.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

Materials like the cedar cladding were left plain and untreated in order to weather and blend in with the forest.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

The volume and roof were built to resist the dominant winds and deal with the heavy snow loads. Water is collected from a local source and carried in.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

The home does not have electricity at all and is heated with a wood stove, which makes it a super low impact, off-grid retreat.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

Snowboard cabin site plan.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

Snowboard cabin floor plan.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

Snowboard cabin elevations.

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Snowboard Cabin-Scott and Scott Architects

Dreaming of your next ski or snowboard vacation? Check out this amazing off-grid cabin on Vancouver Island! Designed by local architecture firm, Scott and Scott Architects, this snowboard cabin was built as a winter vacation retreat in a remote location. Totally off-grid and without electricity, the rustic cabin was built with locally-sourced lumber and it's heated with a wood stove.